Welcome Homer Center Wildcat Faculty
"We perish for want of wonder, not for want of wonders." G.K. Chesterton

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Videos

• Waikato.wmv - Why science is important. (Everyone was OK.) On youtube
• What Matters in STEM - What are your thoughts?
• Shift Happens - This one got the conversation started. Here's version 4
• The World is Flat - Thomas Friedman's talk at MIT. WATCH THIS!! Click Play now in the box above his picture. Real Player required
• Ted Talks- THE BEST videos of THE BEST speakers in the world!
  • Robert Ballard - a truly inspiring talk
  • Carolyn Porco - Flies to Saturn
  • Bill Stone explores the world's deepest caves
  • Captain Charles Moore - on Seas of Plastic
  • We're ALL Cyborgs now - a Ted talk. How we're always connected
• PopTech- MORE outstanding videos. EXCELLENT writing prompts
  • Chris Jordan - polluting plastics.
  • Ryan Smith - Turn raw sewage into biodegradable plastic
• This is how we Dream (Part 1) - a fascinating talk about the changes taking place in how we communicate.
• This is how we dream (Part 2) - make sure you watch both parts. From Richard Miller, Rutgers.
• RSAnimate - Sir Ken Robinson's talk on the changing Educational Paradigm. Really - watch this one.
• Math Videos
  • Conrad Wolfram - Brother of Stephen Wolfram of WolframAlpha talks about how we teach Math with computers
  • Dan Meyer - math teacher talks about his ideas of making math more relevant
  • Abbott and Costello's Math - Curious logic to his misunderstanding
  • The NEW Science of Origami - the MATH has been solved!
  • The Gauss Christmas - VERY clever
  • Doodling in Math Class - NOT a waste of time. More from ViHart
• Science Career Ladder - from Changetheequation
• Social Studies teachers - watch this video about the uprising in Egypt. There are powerful lessons in here.

SlideShare Example - Upload a powerpoint, get the embed code, and put it on a wiki page or in Moodle. Use the discussion forums to discuss it.

Websites from Today

• Creative Commons Images
  • Creative Commons Search - find images tagged with Creative Commons license
  • Copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com - Dr Joyce Valenza's excellent wiki
  • Google images -advanced search
  • Yahoo images advanced search
• Search Tips and Sites
  • Google Guide - nice search tips
  • news.google.com - even search by specific sources
  • Country Domain Codes - for advanced Google searches
  • Google for Teachers - lots of good stuff in here
  • WolframAlpha - get the answers from this computational knowledge engine
  • Wolfram Demonstrations project
  • Goofram - combines Google and Wolfram
  • Qwiki - a preview of this amazing concept
  • paper.li - here's an example
• PowerPoint Alternatives
  • An Ignite example (20 slides at 15 seconds each.) - youtube video
  • Scribd.com - the (good) powerpoint example from a student
• Misc
  • PollEverywhere - free online polling w/ up to 30 responses per poll
  • Diigo - sign up for the Education account here
  • Microsoft's Free Tools for Teachers - if you've not seen these, check them out
  • Google Art Project - for the Art teachers. Virtual tours in Galleries and Museums

STEM Specific

• DefinedStem - free for the year
• Change The Equation - interactive map
• Education Equality Project - excellent resources
• Diigo sites for STEM
  • All items tagged with stem on Diigo
  • Popular stem sites on delicious
• Math applets
  • delicious sites tagged with applets, applet
  • Diigo list of applets sites. Manipulatives
• Physlets
  • A Google search for physlets
  • A Diigo list
  • A Delicious list
• 20 Great Resources for STEM
  • 17 more
• We've come a LONG way, baby!

• From that (above) to THIS!

Miscellaneous

• Qzoom - get the ability to zoom into your screen.
• Using Twitter in Class: Twitter feed for #jan25 hashtag
• Got a Livescribe pen?

Final Survey results